dryjq 1.0.0

Drastically Reduced YAML / JSON Query

Drastically Reduced YAML / JSON Query

Lightweight package providing a subset of yq or jq functionality:

• get a single value from a YAML or JSON file
• change a single value in a YAML or JSON file

Requirements

PyYAML (Version 5.4.1 or newer)

Installation

pip install dryjq

Installation in a virtual environment or with the --user option is recommended.

Usage

Please see the documentation at https://blackstream-x.gitlab.io/python-dryjq for detailed usage information.

The documentation is generated from the MarkDown files in this repository’s docs/ directory.

Output of dryjq --help (or python3 -m dryjq --help):

usage: dryjq [-h] [--version] [-i] [-d | -v | -q] [-o OUTPUT_FORMAT]
             [--indent {2,4,8}] [--sort-keys] [--separator SEPARATOR]
             [--subscript-indicators SUBSCRIPT_INDICATORS]
             [query] [input_file]

Drastically Reduced YAML / JSON Query

positional arguments:
  query                 the query (simplest form of yq/jq syntax, default is
                        the separator character alone).
  input_file            the input file name (by default, data will be read
                        from standard input)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             print version and exit
  -i, --inplace         modify the input file in place instead of writing the
                        result to standard output

Logging options:
  control log level (default is WARNING)

  -d, --debug           output all messages (log level DEBUG)
  -v, --verbose         be more verbose (log level INFO)
  -q, --quiet           be more quiet (log level ERROR)

Output options:
  control output formatting

  -o OUTPUT_FORMAT, --output-format OUTPUT_FORMAT
                        output format (choice of 'JSON': set output format to
                        JSON, 'YAML': set output fromat to YAML, 'input': keep
                        input format, 'toggle': change JSON to YAML or vice
                        versa; default: 'input')
  --indent {2,4,8}      indentation depth of blocks, in spaces (default: 2)
  --sort-keys           sort mapping keys (by default, mapping keys are left
                        in input order)

Query syntax options:
  control the query syntax

  --separator SEPARATOR
                        the separator character (default: '.')
  --subscript-indicators SUBSCRIPT_INDICATORS
                        the subscript indicator character(s) (default: '[]')

Issues, feature requests

Please open an issue here if you found a bug or have a feature suggestion.